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The Weekly Rant - August 12, 2007
Written on August 12, 2007 by Vic HoltremanOk, ok... it's been a while. No excuses, I'll just give you the scoop on this week's topics:
- Marvel's Thor is moving forward.
- A remake of Enter the Dragon, that isn't, really.
- Here comes another giant robot movie: Voltron.
- My thoughts on Stardust, which opened this weekend.
Enter The Dragon Remake? Well... Sort Of But Not Really
Written on August 10, 2007 by Vic Holtreman
If you read Screen Rant regularly you know that I am not a fan of remakes. For the most part they reek of a lack of creativity and just cashing in on the original film's popularity to guarantee an audience. However with this story I have to ask: When is a remake not really a remake?
The original starred Bruce Lee as a martial artist hired by the FBI to infiltrate a drug smuggling operation by entering a huge martial arts tournament hosted by the head honcho. It's a seminal kung fu movie and showed studios that a martial arts movie could be extremely profitable, opening the door to making the genre mainstream.
